http://goldandsilverblog.com Gold and Silver News & Commentary Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:42:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's nearly the end of February, and the United States Mint is still trying to push the remaining inventory of 2009-dated gold bullion coins out the door. Sales of this year's 2010 American Gold Eagles began on January 19, 2010. This was later than typical because the United States Mint made ... http://goldandsilverblog.com/us-mint-still-moving-2009-gold-eagle-bullion-coins/ For the past few weeks, precious metals have undergone significant, rapid declines. This follows a year of banner performance during 2009. I wanted to take a post to briefly examine the extent of the declines for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. Roughly two months ago, gold had reached a new all ... http://goldandsilverblog.com/measuring-declines-from-the-high-gold-silver-platinum-palladium/ Sales of the United States Mint's 2010 Gold and Silver Eagle bullion coins are off to a fast start. Sales levels for the one ounce silver coins have already eclipsed the levels achieved in the year ago period. The one ounce gold coin sales were also strong. After going on sale ... http://goldandsilverblog.com/2010-gold-eagle-and-silver-eagle-coin-sales/ The US Mint recently wrapped up sales of the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin. The sales officially ended on December 31, 2009 and more recently some final details about total sales became available. The coin was authorized directly by the United States Secretary of the Treasury back when ... http://goldandsilverblog.com/2009-ultra-high-relief-double-eagle-gold-coins/ Today the US Mint began accepting orders from authorized purchasers for the 2010 Gold and Silver Eagle bullion coins. The initial ordering date this year comes a bit later than usual and carries some special stipulations. Only a select group of authorized purchasers are able to buy the bullion coins directly ... http://goldandsilverblog.com/us-mint-accepts-orders-for-2010-gold-and-silver-eagles/ After a year of heavy demand, the United States Mint will begin offering the 2010 American Gold Eagle bullion coin with a slight delay. Typically, authorized purchasers are able to order the coins in late December for delivery in early January. This year orders won't be accepted until January 19, ... http://goldandsilverblog.com/2010-american-gold-eagle-release-date/ Precious metals delivered a strong performance during 2009 with strong returns across the major categories of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. Although gold seemed to dominate the attention of the mainstream press, the annual performance figures reveal that it was outperformed by other precious metals. The table below displays the last ... http://goldandsilverblog.com/2009-precious-metals-performance-gold-silver-platinum-palladium/ During December, the United States Mint briefly offered 2009 American Gold Eagle bullion coins in fractional weights. This included one-half ounce coins, one-quarter ounce coins, and one-tenth ounce coins. This was the first time that the US Mint had offered anything other one ounce gold bullion coins for more than a ... http://goldandsilverblog.com/fractional-gold-eagles-make-brief-appearance/ Usually, the United States Mint will begin production of the American Silver Eagle bullion coins bearing the following year's date in late November or early December. This allows the US Mint to begin accepting orders in December for delivery of the coins in early January. This system has allowed bullion ... http://goldandsilverblog.com/2010-silver-eagles-arrive-late/ In addition to bullion coins, the United States Mint will also be producing a collectible proof version of the 2009 American Gold Buffalo. The status of this product was uncertain for much of the year, until the tentative release of the coin on October 29, 2009 was finally announced in ... http://goldandsilverblog.com/2009-proof-gold-buffalo-coin/